Thailand’s crypto industry has grown to overtake the entire economies of Argentina and Turkey despite the country remaining 7under Junta rule. One of the few Asian nations in which Blockchain is allowing unrestricted financial management, the future looks promising despite several attempts to enforce restrictions. Thailand has been ruled by a military government ever since the coup which occurred in 2013. With the Royal Thai army in charge of all government affairs crypto use restrictions…
With the United States midterm elections making headlines around the globe, the crypto community has had reason to join in the celebratory frenzy as three new crypto-friendly governors have emerged; with two other past governors also maintaining their seat. According to data made available by the Digital Asset Trade Association (DATA); a blockchain advocacy group which had sent surveys to most gubernatorial candidates in a bid to assess their blockchain-friendliness, results prove that three new…
Chris Dixon, an American investor, internet entrepreneur and general partner at Andressen Horowitz Venture Capital Ltd; is a renowned authority and recipient of the 2010 Bloomberg L.P. award for top angel investor in technology among other achievements. Countless times over, Chris Dixon has expressed his support and optimism for cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology; with special focus on Decentralization, New technology and his clearly stated Eras of currency. According to him, there are Three (3) Eras…
Bitcoin Birthday- Today marks Ten years (Halloween 2008) when Satoshi Nakamoto published the famous white paper that gave birth to Bitcoin. On this day in 2008, the future of the financial system based on digital currency was drafted. Satoshi proposed a decentralized system and titled his white paper; “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”. In his paper, Satoshi remarked: I propose a purely Peer-to-Peer version of the electronic cash system which would allow online payments to…
Ethereum Hotel: There is a newly launched hotel in China named the ‘Ethereum Hotel’. The hotel is located at the National Scenic Area of China’s Sichuan province (Western China) and is the first hotel in the country to publicly accept cryptocurrency payments. As an incentive to crypto users and customers, the hotel offers discounts on payments for services made with cryptocurrency (Ethereum). On their first visit, customers are welcomed by the sight of a big…
China- The Chinese government and the People’s Bank of China has over the course of the past months maintained stiff regulations on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency related products; especially ICO’s. However in a much predicted turn of events as characteristic of the Asian big wig; the country’s high court (The Court of International Arbitration) has ruled in favour of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. This verdict by the Chinese court, was necessitated by a case brought to its attention,…
Visa, popular payment processor and credit card service company has through its CEO expressed its openness to support cryptocurrencies in due time. The CEO who made his stance known on CNBC’s Mad Money show; has his company look to follow the lead of fellow financial service provider MasterCard, but only when the crypto market size grows. According to the company’s CEO Al Kelly, the Visa brand will implement cypto-friendly systems in the future if the global…
Sony, the Japanese technology giant has announced its creation of a multi-application contactless cryptocurrency hardware wallet. According to developers at Sony Computer Science Labs (SCSL), the device will utilize IC smart card technology to communicate with Bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrency networks. A basic plus to the Sony wallet is its ‘contactless’ feature. By this feature, Sony discarded the common crypto hardware USB to host device feature and launched a totally independent hardware wallet which…
HTC, popular Taiwan-based mobile phone brand and pioneer developers of virtual head gears for video games; has made public its plan to launch a Blockchain-powered phone. The new smartphone is quoted by many as part of the company’s plans to ride on the cryptocurrency hype and regain relevance after selling most of its stake to Google last year. The blockchain powered smartphone named HTC Exodus 1 is available for pre-order and will ship to customers…
Mansion for sale – Roy Niederhoffer, New York resident and President of New York hedge fund R.G Niederhoffer Capital Management Inc is placing his 10,720 square foot mansion for sale. The six floors mansion located at 40 Riverside Drive in Manhattan was bought by Mr. Roy in 2013, for about $12.9 million. Five years after its renovation, he has reluctantly put up the mansion for sale at $16 million; with payment to be accepted in…